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PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES BRADY, OE BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

srEcIrrcATroNforming.part of Letters Patent No. 284,370, @atea september 4, 188,3. Application mea June 10, 1882. (No model.)

To wZZ whom it may concern: l

t Be it known that I, .IAMEs BRADY, ofBrooklyn, Kings county, New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pap er- Files, of which the following is aspecification.

`My invention applies more especially to the simple form Ofiile for ling bills, letters, or other papers, which usually consists of a long pointed wire or needle rising from a rigid base, which is adapted to rest directly upon the desk and there receive the papers, whichare simply forced down over the needle, and thus accumulated in closely-overlying layers thereon. In the usual construction the needle is rigidly sockete'd in the base by being screwed or driven into the same, the socket-hole being a tight, rigid t forthe socketed end of the needle-wire from the root end to the top sur- ,face of the base, where the mouthof the sockethole presents a, rigid right-angled edge to the protruding needlewire. It hence follows, particularly where the base is made of metal, that the needle, when in use, is very likely to become broken 'off close to the face of the base. This break commonly occurs when the iile is muchV used-such as `in banks or countingroomswhere the le is frequently lled and emptied, as the frequent filing of successive papers and the removal'of the mass of accumulatedpapers subjects the needle to repeated lateral bends gr strains, which strains,` owing to 'the rigid socket in which the needle is held,- become concentrated at the rigid mouth ofthe socket, where the sharp, tight-fitting angular edge acts to sever it, thus necessitating frequent repairs or renewals of the needle, orl the purchase of new files.

Now, my improvement aims to obviate the above-named defects 5 and it consists partlyin forming the socket-hole with a flaring mouth, whereby the existence of an angular cuttingedge is prevented, and an elastic lateral play of the needle in the socket is allowed, thus prcvcntiug'the concentration of strain on the root of the needle, and thereby obviating .the breaking of the needle under any ordinary usage.

` My invention also embodies some minor features, as hereinafter fully set forth.

In tlie drawings annexed, Figure l presents auA elevation of my improved file, 'with the base portion in section to show the novel construction thereof. Fig. 2 is a plan view of `a detail.

In the drawings, indicates the base, and b the needle. The base may be formed of any suitable material, but is presumed to be preferably made of cast-iron, in circular or any other of the ordinary shapes and designs. The zneedle b is preferably made of steel or spring-brass wire; but other metals may be used. The needle may be socketed directly in the base or in a socketing-plug which is inserted in the base, the laterbein'g preferable.

The preferred form of my invention is shown in Fig. l, where the needleisl socketed in the socket-plug c, which is screwedinto a screwthreadcavity, d, in the base, or otherwise ent gaged in the base by a tight frictional t, or by some fastening which will serve the purpose ofjo the screw-thread shown, which latter is, however, considered best.l `The needle is secured in thesocket-hole of the socket-plug c bya tight 'frictional iit, or by a screw-thread engagement, as illustrated; butit will be noted that the socket-hole does not closely embrace the end of the needle throughout, but the mouth of the socket-hole is flared, thus avoiding any sharp right-angled edge around the protrude ing wire, and thus permitting the needle to have a limited elastic play or bend in all directions laterally, which obviously will render the needle much more durable, and prevent its breaking off close to the base, as has been the case heretofore.

The socket-plug c may be made of inelastic or of elastic material-for instance, of metal on the one hand or rubber on the other. If made of metal, as presumed in Fig. l, I prefer to employ an elastic cushion or washerje, of 9o soft rubber or other similar material, which embraces the needle justabove the holdingplug c, this washer being held between the top of the socket-cavity d in the base, and the top of the ,screw-pinoP c, which is screwed up against it, thus holding the cushion-washer in firm position, and enabling it to be compressed more or less, and therebyadjusting the grasp on the needle. In this waythe root or socket end of the needle is held with an elastic yet Ico rm grasp, and all concentration of rigid strain at any particular point of the needle is prevented; and, furthermore, the elastic grasp on the end of the needle Lmay be increased or decreased by screwing the plug c in or out, as

will be understood, thus fully accomplishing the objeet of the invention. lThe screw-plug e, an inverted plan of which is shown in Fig. 5 2, may be readily screwed in or out by a pinwreneh, and the needle may thus be readily inserted or removed, as may be requisite; hence if a needle should ever become broken or injured by long usage, a new one may be easily inserted, particularly if the needle be held simply by frictional iit in the plug c, or by the elastic frictional grasp of the elastic washer e, as will be readily appreciated.

In Fig. l'it will be seen that the inward flange forming the top or shoulder Vof the socket-cavity d, against which the cushion abuts, surrounds but does not closely embrace the needle, thereby iirmly retaining the cushion, yet permitting the needle to have an I2o elastic lateral play, as will be understood.

What I claim as my invention is 1. A file-base having a needle-socket formed with a flaring mouth and a tight-ntting root portion, with a filing-needle affixed therein at its root end, substantially as and for the pur- 2 5 pose set forth.

42. The combination, with a file-base formed with a socket-cavity, of a removable plug, and a iiling-needle afiiXed at its root end in Said plug, substantially as herein set'forth.

3. The combination, with a le-base formed with a serewthreadedy cavity, of a screw- A threadedl plug adapted to screw into or out of said cavity, and a filing-needle aiiixed at its root end to said plug, substantially as herein 35 set forth.

` JAMES BRADY. Witnesses:

CHAs. M. HIGGINs, JN0. E. GAvIN. 

